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Hyperbolic Monkey

I’m just a hyperbolic monkey living in a nice little neighborhood called Midtown in the wonderfully gritty, southern city of Memphis, TN.

On my ways of being.

I quit smoking three weeks ago. I’ve worked twelve hours today, smoked the better part of a pack, consumed a good 10 ounces of bourbon, 2 beers and some eighteen year old Caol Ila scotch whiskey. Now I’ve smoked a good one and am listening to “Sometimes” by Langhorne Slim off of his self titled album. I [...]
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How Very Interesting

So tonight was rather interesting. I went and had a couple of beers with a friend that I wouldn’t necessarily have expected to do that with and well, I was surprised. She wasn’t really what I had come to expect. In a good way. The conversation was much thicker than I had imagined it would [...]
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Broken.

Last night I did one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do. I really feel broken by it but in the end, I know it was the right thing. Pain ebbs. Hopefully one day we’ll both be able to look back at it and see that it was indeed right. I hope. The [...]
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Red, White, and Blue Beasties – Musings From Years Ago

Here’s something I wrote a while back. I sit here in my grey, melting, wingback chair that has become my cocoon of solitary confinement and it hits me: I’ve gone over the horizon. Standing in my yard tonight, smoking a joint, and drinking a beer; I was rather frightened that the metal beasties, with their brazen [...]
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Plans For This Site

So, what I want to do is start doing interviews with folks around town. I’m about to start working on a monkey suit. Not tux, a real monkey suit. I bought a pattern and my friend Laurel is gonna help me sew it with fake fur and all. Basically I want to interview people about [...]
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Growing Up Sucks, Let’s Play In The Dirt

Have you ever thought about what it is to be a grown up? I have. I don’t like it. Things get more complicated and unsure. When you’re a child you’re more sure about the more important things. You may not know a lot of stuff but, you know what you like. When you make a [...]
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Various Updates On What’s Going On!

So I had a convo with my step mother. She started into this whole thing about porches and society. Anyway, it was kinda weird because that’s what I’ve written about before and thought about writing a book about, if I could ever get my thoughts organized enough. Anyway, on to other things. Have you been to [...]
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Memphis Late Night Scene

The late night scene in Memphis is well… on weekends it’s okay before 2am. On weekdays… it doesn’t exist. There are however, some people that are trying. Take Cafe Eclectic. On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday they’ve started The Late Night Bobby & Brian Barista Show where they’re open till 1am. Can I just say that [...]
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New Directions

First of all, as you can see, my old theme is back. Something went wrong with the new one and I don’t have time to troubleshoot it at the moment. Second. I’m changing the way I do business. I’m opening myself up. I’m not gonna be such a stingy bastard anymore. I’m going to stop fixating [...]
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Sometimes…

Sometimes we aren’t sure. Sometimes we’re confused. Sometimes we do things without thinking. Sometimes without knowing why. Sometimes we aren’t sure. Sometimes we’re sure. Sometimes we just act. Sometimes we utterly fail to act. Sometimes we regret. Sometimes we love. Sometimes we hurt. Sometimes we laugh and sometimes we cry. Sometimes we don’t even know why. Sometimes we learn, sometimes we don’t. Sometimes I think about all of these things [...]
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